The results of a new Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday morning shows that Obama's edge has weakened - the same poll had him up by 9 points in September - but still ahead going into the final stretch.

There remains a deep demographic divide in this election. Obama secures the women vote by 14 points, the youth vote by 22 points, and the minority vote by 58 points. Romney has a six-point advantage among males.

The Obama team is so confident about Pennsylvania that campaign strategist David Axelrodsaid on MSNBC's Morning Joe that he'll shave his mustache of 40 years if they lose the state. The same wager goes for blue states, Michigan and Minnesota.

Pennsylvania's newfound attention reminds us of the movies where a nerdy girl simply takes off her glasses and suddenly becomes prom queen. Long ignored, now everyone wants her. The money is pouring in to Pennsylvania from the campaigns and the largest GOP super PACs, including Karl Rove's mega American Crossroads, which is making a $1.2 million buy, according to the group's spokesman Nate Hodson.

While the buys alone aren't a signal that Pennsylvania is up for grabs, starting Friday Pennsylvania will be one of the 11 states receiving visits from high-profile Republican surrogates. Dozens of well-known GOP politicos, like Condoleezza Rice, Rob Portman, Marco Rubio and John McCain will be with Romney at a rally in Ohio and from there be dispatched to campaign in other states, including PA.